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*[[American Airlines Flight 96]], a [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10]], on 12 June 1972. The failure of the rear cargo door caused an [[explosive decompression]], which in turn caused the rear main cabin floor to collapse and severed flight controls. The pilots had only limited [[aileron]]s and [[Elevator (aircraft)|elevator]]s; the rudder was jammed. The number two engine also ran down to idle at the time of decompression. The aircraft landed safely at [[Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport|Detroit-Metropolitan Airport]].<ref>Gero 1997, p. 125.</ref>

*[[Turkish Airlines Flight 981]], a [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10]], on 3 March 1974. Similar to American Airlines Flight 96, the flight experienced an [[explosive decompression]], when flying over the town of [[Meaux]], France, caused by a rear cargo door failure. The rear main cabin floor collapsed and severed all flight controls. While the plane went into a vertical dive, the captain called for "Speed!", meaning increasing engine thrust to pullpush the plane's nose up. The plane began to level out, but had lost too much altitude and slammed into the [[Ermenonville Forest]]. All 346 people on board were killed upon impact, and it became the worst single aircraft disaster without survivors, and the fourth deadliest [[List of accidents and disasters by death toll#Aviation|aviation death count]] ever.<ref>"Accident Details". ''[http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/8-1976%20TC-JAV.pdf Accident to Turkish Airlines DC-10 TC-JAV in the Ermenonville Forest on 3 March 1974 Final Report] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602014551/http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/8-1976%20TC-JAV.pdf |date=2 June 2011 }}''. French State Secretariat for Transport. 1. Retrieved on 13 February 2011.</ref>

*[[Delta Air Lines Flight 1080]], a [[Lockheed L-1011 Tristar]], on April 12, 1977, suffered a structural failure of a bearing assembly controlling the aircraft's left stabilizer, which caused it to jam in a full trailing edge up configuration. The plane pitched violently upwards and the pilots could not counteract the pitching force even when pressing the control column fully down. This caused the plane to lose speed rapidly and nearly stall. The pilot managed to regain control by using the Tristar's tail engine at maximum power and lowering the thrust on the wing engines in order to generate differential thrust. The airliner landed at [[Los Angeles International Airport]], with all 41 passengers and 11 crew being unharmed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1978/10/08/the-saving-of-flight-1080/bc18f021-691d-4b19-8041-dc03a089bf6d/|title=The Saving Of Flight 1080|date=1978-10-08|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2018-05-19|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>